Cooked gluten-free corn pasta vs Wheat bread

In short

Gram for gram, there are 2.2 times as many calories in wheat bread as in cooked gluten-free corn pasta (274 vs 126 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in wheat bread: selenium (10×), manganese (6.7×), niacin (10×), thiamin (7.8×) and 11 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked gluten-free corn pasta126 cal

2.6 g protein · 27.9 g carbs · 0.73 g fat

Wheat bread274 cal

10.7 g protein · 47.5 g carbs (5.7 g sugars) · 4.5 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%37.5%75%
  • Selenium5% vs 52%

    2.8 µg vs 28.8 µg

  • Manganese7% vs 45%

    0.15 mg vs 1 mg

  • Niacin (B3)3% vs 35%

    0.56 mg vs 5.6 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)4% vs 34%

    0.053 mg vs 0.41 mg

  • Folate2% vs 25%

    6 µg vs 99 µg

  • Sodiumlimit0% vs 21%

    0 mg vs 473 mg

  • Iron1% vs 20%

    0.25 mg vs 3.6 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)2% vs 19%

    0.023 mg vs 0.25 mg

  • Protein5% vs 21%

    2.6 g vs 10.7 g

  • Pantothenic acid (B5)3% vs 16%

    0.13 mg vs 0.82 mg

  • Calcium<1% vs 10%

    1 mg vs 125 mg

  • Copper7% vs 16%

    0.064 mg vs 0.15 mg

  • Carbohydrates10% vs 17%

    27.9 g vs 47.5 g

  • Total fat1% vs 6%

    0.73 g vs 4.5 g

  • Phosphorus6% vs 10%

    76 mg vs 129 mg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.

  • Saturated fatlimit0.1 g · 0.7 g1%·3%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Fiber4.8 g · 4 g17%·14%
  • Potassium31 mg · 141 mg1%·3%
  • Magnesium36 mg · 41 mg9%·10%
  • Zinc0.63 mg · 1 mg6%·9%
  • Vitamin A3 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0.2 mg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin B60.058 mg · 0.11 mg3%·7%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900), Wheat bread (SR Legacy 172686). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.

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